Some users already receiving a warning about the ending suport for Microsoft Windows 7. The following image is one of the examples.
Safety is one of the topics that should not be ignored. But unfortunately it is still quite ignored by users that both home and organizational included decision makers and administrators of the organization itself.
If you are taking a Microsoft exam online, read before
There are two ways to take a Microsoft exam:
In an examination center
Online and you can take the exam anywhere as long as you have a computer with a webcam and connected to Internet
What is the difference between the two?
Basically, it is the comfort.
Some people like to make the exam in examination center, and we will get a pen and a paper so that we can make notes for answering the question. At the end you must return the pen and the paper note.
Other like to make the exam at home or other location. But there are a lot of restrictions. For example, all notes are taken digitally by the following feature https://home.pearsonvue.com/Documents/Technical-specifications/Online-Proctored/online-proctored-whiteboard-overview.aspx).
You may also want to know the specifics restriction on how to prepare for the online exam
What is important to know if you are taken the exam online.
Andy Malone is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and Microsoft MVP he has had some issues and warned of some situations.
He recommends that you do the following:
During the registration process you will receive a code notification to start the exam. Do not delete this message and note the code.
Do not schedule your exams for a Saturday or for the end of the day, especially at night. The Pearson Vue will use artificial intelligence (AI) if there is no one available, and you won’t be able to call for help.
If you need or have any problems/issues call the support number or use chat.
Andy Malone noted that it is very important to disable any notification system. That are pop-ups or any type of notifications like Windows 10 Toast Notifications. The notifications will end your exam, so disable them for Windows or Mac OS.
Don't cover your mouth, read the questions out loud, don't talk to yourself, or look around. Any of the proposed actions on exam will cause the exam to be canceled. And the examiner will only warn once.
Azure Administrator Associate will change at May 1, 2019. According with the Microsoft Learning Blog these will be the changes:
Do Microsoft Learning blog:
Desde do lançamento do programa de certificação em setembro de 2018 a Microsoft Learning recebe uma enorme quantidade de comentários sobre os requisitos para as nossas certificações.
Eles decidimos modificar os requisitos de certificação para o Azure Administrator Associate.
AZ-100 and AZ-101 will retire on May 1, 2019. As a result,
all exam registrations after May 1, 2019 for AZ-100 and AZ-101 will be
cancelled. AZ-102 will retire as planned on June 30, 2019.
If you have registered to take AZ-100 between now and May 1, 2019,
choose to take it, and pass, you will earn the Azure Administrator
certification on or around May 1, 2019. If you have registered for
AZ-101, choose to take it, and pass, you will earn the AZ-101 exam
badge. You will be able to share this badge with others to demonstrate
additional skills in the Azure Administrator space. Learn more about badging.
If you have taken AZ-101, you will receive an exam voucher
(regardless of if you passed or failed) that can be used for any
Microsoft exam delivered through Pearson VUE as our thanks to you for
being early adopters of our new certification program and helping us to
better understand the certification needs of Azure Administrators so
that we could simplify the process going forward.
Instructor-led training and online training (MOOCs) will be updated and available on May 1, 2019; the free learning content on Microsoft Learn will be complete around July 1, 2019.
For those of you who have been preparing for one or both of these
exams, you can see how the new exam aligns to AZ-100 and AZ-101 in the
attached document, AZ-103 OD with Alignment to AZ-100 and AZ-101.pdf.
Anyone can participate in the development of Windows Calculator. According to the following
announcement:
In addition to reusing and adapting the code in your own apps, anyone can participate in the development of Windows Calculator. Getting involved is simple. The project is “clone-and-go” and development will follow the standard GitHub flow. There are many ways for developers at all stages to contribute:
Participate in discussions
Report or fix issues
Suggest new feature ideas
Prototype new features
Design and build together with our engineers
The source code is great for anyone who wants to learn how to create applications in XAML even though the programming language used is in C ++.
However it is recommended to have the following requirements::
Today Mark Russinovich in his Twitter account @markrussinovich, announced that
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David Solomon and Mark Russinovich have allowed the posting the Sysinternals Video Library, 6 DVDs that they made in 2006, for FREE VIEWING.
Steven Whiting shared the response received by e-mail from Mark Russinovich:
From: Mark Russinovich Mark.Russinovich@microsoft.com
Sent: 20 December 2018 20 : 19
To: Steven Whiting
Subject
RE: Sysinternals Video Library 2006
We’re both okay with you posting them.
This is the first video from Sysinternals Video Library
Microsoft standard courses are used when technology changes, functionality, new versions and updates.
These are the following courses that will be removed.
Microsoft is retiring the following courses on March 31, 2019:
10996A: Hybrid Cloud and Datacenter Monitoring with Operations Management Suite (OMS) (OMS is deprecated.)
40457A: MOC Workshop: Azure Developer Hackathon
40500A: DevOps Workshop (replaced by AZ-400 curriculum)
Microsoft is retiring the following courses from our course catalog on June 30, 2019:
20347A: Enabling and Managing Office 365 (replaced by courses aligned to exams MS-100: Microsoft 365 Identity and Services and MS-101: Microsoft 365 Mobility and Security)
20697-1D: Implementing and Managing Windows 10 (replaced by courses aligned to MD-100: Windows 10 and MD-101: Managing Modern Desktops)
20697-2C: Deploying and Managing Windows 10 Using Enterprise Services (replaced by courses aligned to MD-100: Windows 10 and MD-101: Managing Modern Desktops
20698B: Installing and Configuring Windows 10 (replaced by courses aligned to MD-100: Windows 10 and MD-101: Managing Modern Desktops
You can consult the list of upcoming exams scheduled to retire here.
The Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA) will be deactivated on January 31, 2019. This means that you have until this date to arn your certificates of completion in the MVA.
Does this mean that Microsoft will end the free documentation? No. The MVA will be replaced by Microsoft Learn.
Microsoft Learn uses the docs.com domain that was used by a Microsoft service competing with Slideshare. But Microsoft deactivated it on December 15, 2017 and forced users to move all their documents to other platforms. The statement is still available and can be found here.
Microsoft Learn is the new platform where you can learn about various Microsoft products.
Some advantages and disadvantages of Learn.
I'll start with some disadvantages:
Exam Preparation Documentation is not available in Learn. You must use Channel9 or official channels on YouTube like Ignite.
For those who like slides, Learn does not provide slides.
Some advantages:
If you find any errors in the documentation or it is out of date, you can edit. This is possible because the documentation is in GitHUB which allows anyone to collaborate. All changes are not changed immediately, it is passed through several validations before being published. More information here.
Cost reduction. For example in some areas like Azure, you do not need to use your own subscription. Temporary access is provided so you can trial settings, and more.
What about EdX? EdX is not from Microsoft, it is an open, non-profit online course platform. They partner with organizations and universities. You can even use their platform to create your online courses. Microsoft has its own 'channel' inhttps://www.edx.org/school/microsoft.
However not all courses are available but there is Microsoft Learning Partners (training company) that has its own private EdX platform and they are the ones that define the courses to be made available and prices.All costs are borne by the training company.
Who wins with this?Everyone.
If the partner defines that the courses are free the trainee has access to all information for free.
If the partner defines that the course is paid, to have access it is necessary to acquire.
How can I find the training companies that offer these types of courses? There is no public list. You will need to use Internet search engines.I will not mention any of them either.It would benefit some and hurt others.
